B. J. Haywood    

B. J. HAYWOOD, prothonotary of Mercer County, post-office West Middlesex, was born April 12, 1849, in Hickory Township, this county. His parents, Benjamin and Catharine (Long) Haywood, were among the most respected citizens of the community in which they lived, and their union resulted in four children. Our subject was brought up at farm labor, and was educated in the common schools of his native township. He also took a course at the Iron City Business College, Pittsburgh, and in 1869 he was employed as a clerk in the general store of H. N. Warren, at West Middlesex. Later he became a partner with Mr. Warren, and remained as such until 1870, when he withdrew from the firm, and accepted a position in a local banking institution, remaining there until 1878, when he was appointed and commissioned post-master at West Middlesex, and held the position until July 1, 1886. Mr. Haywood was elected transcribing clerk of the State Senate during the session of 1885, and message clerk of the same during the session of 1887. He served as auditor, member of the town council, and three terms as burgess of West Middlesex. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee during the years 1883-84-85, and displayed great tact in organizing the Republican forces and wresting the county from the Democracy, who had control of the leading offices when he first became chairman. As evidence of his popularity he was elected to the office of prothonotary by a majority of 1,306. He was married July 29, 1873, to Miss Lizzie E. Powell, born July 25, 1850, in Shenango Township, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Satterfield) Powell. Mr. Haywood was a member of the Home Guards, although too young for service in the late war. He is a stanch Republican, a member of the Masonic and A. 0. U. W. lodges, and, with his wife, belongs to the Presbyterian Church at West Middlesex.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 853.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.